Chapter 44 The Evil Capitalist in the Immortal Cultivation World
"Three thousand taels."
Bai Xiaoxiao continued to raise the price, while listening attentively to the voice of the person who was competing with her for the treasure.
"Four thousand taels."
Sure enough, the man bid again, and the amount he increased began to rise.
Bai Xiaoxiao heard it and clearly understood who the other person was.
【Good fellow, the ghost is still there. 】
Hua Yanci lay lazily on the chaise longue with her eyes closed, and couldn't help but prick up her ears when she heard Bai Xiaoxiao's voice.
"Four thousand five hundred taels."
Bai Xiaoxiao shouted out the price.
"Five thousand taels."
It’s capped as expected.
Bai Xiaoxiao held the only five thousand taels left in her purse. All her wealth and life depended on it. She could no longer raise more money, but...!
"Six thousand taels."
"Seven thousand taels."
"Eight thousand taels."
"Nine thousand taels."
"Ten thousand taels!"
Bai Xiaoxiao blurted out.
Hua Yanci had a complicated expression.
"Fifty thousand taels!"
The people on the other side started to offer the highest price.
Bai Xiaoxiao still refused to give in: "Seventy thousand taels."
The other side chased her: "One hundred thousand taels!"
Bai Xiaoxiao paused for a moment, listening to the hostess repeating the price of 100,000 taels. When she repeated it a second time, she spoke again, "200,000 taels."
It's just like arguing.
Perhaps everyone could sense the tension in the auction price, and with a wait-and-see attitude, they didn't participate in their bidding.
"Two hundred thousand taels. Anybody else bidding?"
The emcee, with a charming and graceful smile, began to repeat the price: "Two hundred thousand taels each time."
"Two hundred thousand taels twice."
"Two hundred thousand taels..."
"Five hundred thousand taels!"
Another pretty voice sounded again, but compared to the previous confident voice, this time it was a little more embarrassed and angry.
"Five hundred thousand taels each time."
"Five hundred thousand taels twice."
"Five hundred thousand taels...three times, deal!"
I'm afraid no one expected that a pot of wine would be sold for 500,000 taels.
Bai Xiaoxiao covered her purse with her hands and prayed.
"Third Brother, Third Brother, it's not that I haven't tried my best. It's mainly because I really have no money. I really don't have any money at all. I've already risked my entire life and property, and I'm sincerely begging you for the medicine. But I think you've also seen that I'm no match for you."
"But don't worry, I made him bleed quite a bit. Five hundred thousand taels is a good deal, so it's a good deal."
Hua Yanci turned to look at the little girl who had strange ideas and was muttering to herself, so was she deliberately bidding to raise the price?
"Boom boom boom—"
The sound of knocking on the carved door.
Bai Xiaoxiao was surprised and didn't know who was coming at this time. She looked at Hua Yanci and walked to the door and opened it. She saw a beautiful hostess in thin clothes holding a wine pot with green plums and bamboos, standing in front of her with a smile.
"you……"
Bai Xiaoxiao hesitated.
The emcee said with a smile, "I have brought you the wine jug that the young lady bought at the auction."
"No, I..."
Bai Xiaoxiao waved her hands repeatedly: "It's not the five hundred thousand taels I bid for."
The emcee smiled and said, "I know, but the amount reported by the previous owner was false, so before they collect enough money, I came to ask if you need it?"
"I need...I..."
Bai Xiaoxiao subconsciously confirmed it, but her mind still hadn't recovered.
"This is also one of the rules of Wanlingshang Auction House."
Hua Yanci came up behind him and said slowly, "If the amount offered by the previous owner does not reach the auction price at that time, then Wanling Merchants has the right to send the auction item to the next owner for a second sale. If the next owner can pay before the previous owner, then the treasure will belong to the next owner."
"Good boy, I just won't lose money."
Looking at the smile of the female emcee, Bai Xiaoxiao suddenly felt a little scared.
"So, are you planning to buy this pot of Fuyou?"
"I do want to, but..." Bai Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, feeling conflicted and hesitant. "I really can't come up with five hundred thousand taels."
The emcee shook her head. "Miss, you're worrying too much. The five hundred thousand taels is the price paid by the previous auctioneer. It has nothing to do with you. Your bid was two hundred thousand taels, so you only need to pay two hundred thousand taels."
[Just... is there a possibility that I can't even afford 200,000 taels?]
Bai Xiaoxiao suddenly understood why she felt a little scared when she saw the hostess' smile.
[That is the face of a capitalist.]
Hua Yanci:?
"Miss, do you want the Fuyou wine or not?"
"I, I want to...but I..."
Bai Xiaoxiao stared at the opportunity in front of her with a ferocious look.
"Let's trade."
A crystal-clear jade pendant suddenly flew past Bai Xiaoxiao's eyes and landed in the palm of the hostess. The hostess gently spun the jade pendant a few times, weighing it a few times, and her smile grew even brighter. "Thank you, sir, but your jade pendant may be much higher than the bid for the Fuyou wine. Are you sure you want to exchange it?"
Hua Yanci didn't say anything, turned around and went back to the chaise longue to continue lying down.
The female emcee understood and placed the green plum and green bamboo pot in Bai Xiaoxiao's hand, then stepped out and respectfully closed the door for them.
Bai Xiaoxiao put the Fuyou wine back into the mustard seed space and walked to the lying Hua Yanci: "Second Brother, how much is the jade pendant?"
Hua Yanci slightly raised his eyelids, "Why, you want it? But the jade pendant is all your Second Senior Brother's wealth, there is no second one."
Bai Xiaoxiao shook her head: "I mean, how much should I pay you back?"
"Pay back the money?"
Hua Yanci seemed to have heard something interesting. He propped up his head, his expression lazy and quite interested. "Why do you want to pay back the money?"
Bai Xiaoxiao said, "Because buying Fuyou this time was originally my responsibility. I promised Jiuxianweng to buy wine in exchange for medicine. Now I am using your jade pendant to complete my task. Naturally, I owe you money and I have to pay you back."
Listening to the remarks, Hua Yanci's expression became complicated and somewhat unnatural, "Junior Sister, you..."
He paused for a long time without saying anything.
"Tell me, how much is it?"
It was the first time Bai Xiaoxiao saw someone being so hesitant to pay him back.
"Don't worry about returning it yet. Even if I sell you now, you won't be worth even 30% of the price of that jade pendant."
Bai Xiaoxiao: ...
[It hurts a bit, but I won’t say it.]
Hua Yanci chuckled softly, then suddenly remembered something and said slowly, "Do you have such a clear understanding of everything?"
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't understand why he asked that, but she answered honestly, "I don't know about other matters, but money matters must be distinguished. It's not just about repaying money, but also about borrowing money. Even if it's just a... a copper coin, what's due to me must be returned to me, and what's due to others must be returned to them."
Hua Yanci closed his eyes and smiled faintly, "It's good to be able to calculate clearly, but calculating too clearly... oh, it's tiring."
The last sentence seemed to be spoken to her, but also seemed to be spoken to himself.
Bai Xiaoxiao didn't quite understand and wanted to ask again when she heard another knock on the door.
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